HomeMy WebLinkAboutORD 793Ordinance No. 793
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ORDINANCE NO. 793
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PALM DESERT, CALIFORNIA, REGULATING THE
PARKING OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
WHEREAS, Vehicle Code Section 22507.5 permits local regulation
of overnight parking and the parking of certain commercial vehicles
in residential districts; and
WHEREAS, Vehicle Code Section 22507.5(c) may require the City
to hold a public hearing.
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Palm Desert,
California, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN, as follows:
Section 1. That Chapter 10.98 be, and the same is hereby,
added to the Code of the City of Palm Desert, California, to read
as follows:
"Chapter 10.98 Commercial Vehicles.
10.98.010. Commercial Vehicle Parking Restrictions.
No person shall park a commercial vehicle having a
manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 10,000 pounds or more
on any street located in or immediately adjacent to an area zoned
residential.
10.98.020. Exemptions.
A. The chapter shall not apply where the commercial
vehicle is making pickups or deliveries of goods, wares, and
merchandise from or to any building or structure located on a
street within a residential zone.
B. The chapter shall not apply where the commercial
vehicle is being used for the purpose of delivering materials to be
used in the actual and bona fide repair, alteration, remodeling, or
construction of any building or structure located on a street
within a residential zone."
Section 2.. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and
adoption of this Ordinance and shall cause the same to be published
once in the Palm Desert Post, a newspaper of general circulation,
printed, published and circulated within the City of Palm Desert,
and the same shall be in full force and effect thirty (30) days
after its adoption.
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Ordinance No. 793
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PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 14th
1996, by the following vote, to wit:
-day of March
AYES:BENSON, CRITES, KELLY, SPIEGEL, SNYDER
NOES: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
WALTER H. SNYDER, Mayor %
City of Palm Desert, California
ATUST:,
SHEILA R.LIGAN,
City of Palm Desert,
lifornia
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